Apple Needs China Sales to Sparkle

By

Dan Gallagher

Updated Jan. 26, 2014 3:07 p.m. ET

Apple Inc. is hardly the first Western company to seek its fortune in China, though investors are putting the onus on it to produce a pot of gold.

China will figure much more prominently in Apple's results this year, starting with its first fiscal-quarter report Monday. China was included in the launch of the iPhone 5S and 5C in the fall, and Apple finally signed a deal with China Mobile Ltd. The latter's impact should surface in the...